 The endeavor to observe oneself must inevitably introduce changes into the course of mental events — changes which could not have occurred without it, and whose usual consequence is that the very process which was to have been observed disappears from...  Principles of physiological psychology v.1, 1904 - Page 5by Wilhelm Max Wundt - 1904Full view - About this book
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...is not new — Beneke lauded it to the skies, and psychologists — however they may protest that " the endeavour to observe oneself must inevitably introduce...to have been observed disappears from consciousness " (p. 5) — have never failed to resort to it occasionally. The plea, therefore, is that a relatively... | |
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...scientific data as it was applied by earlier psychologists. Wundt was convinced that "the endeavor to observe oneself must inevitably introduce changes...which could not have occurred without it, and whose unusual consequence is that the very process which was to have been observed disappears from consciousness."... | |
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